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Networking of, for and with Alumni EDITORIAL Dear Alumni of the University of Bremen, ews from the Böttcherstraße: On August 23, 2016, about 50 alumni Ncame together in the Böttcherstraße at the invitation of the board of the the University of Bremen has again welco- Sparkasse Bremen and chairman of our board, Dr. Tim Nesemann. Nese- med around 5,500 first-semester students mann provided us with details on why the Sparkasse bought the today wor- in October. In our Campus Story, we will ld-famous Böttcherstraße in 1989 and passed over the ownership to a foun- provide an insight into what orientation loo- dation, and what all that had to do with the self-concept of the Sparkasse. ked like, inviting you to think back to your Afterwards, the alumni split into two groups. Director Dr. Frank Schmidt own first days at the University of Bremen. showed one of the groups ‘his’ Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum and ex- Ideas ‘Made in Bremen’: The Univer- plained the courageous but convincing concept of confronting its historic sity of Bremen is a member of the uni- artwork with that of the young, contemporary artist Laura Eckert. It was asto- versity initiative BRIDGE, which supports start-up companies nishing how the current works fit into the historic context and simultaneous- from universities. On page 2, we will introduce some of the win- ly allowed a new perspective on the historic pieces. Referring to the catch ners of the recently awarded ideas competition CAMPUSiDEEN. phrase of a TV station, one alumna, who had visited the museum before, I would again like to invite all members to the 11th ge- said: “So hab ich das noch nie gesehen!” (“I’ve never seen it that way!”) neral meeting of our association at the Teerhof Guest- The other group was led through the Böttcherstraße by Uwe Bölts. Most house of the University of Bremen on October 25, 2016. Bremen locals probably know that, at the beginning of the 19th century, Lud- The official invitation has been sent to all members via email. wig Roselius bought the house at number 6 and initially set up the admini- On November 29, 2016, we conclude this year’s events calen- stration of his coffee company there. After World War I, Roselius had the dar with a conversation with the executive director of the Kunst- street architecturally designed according to plans by Bernhard Hoetger. Yet, halle Bremen as well as a tour through the new Max Liebermann it was about more than just a street – it was a vision for the future. It was exhibition. The art gallery has been financed through private funds Roselius’ belief that Atlantis, which is also the name of one of the houses, for over 150 years. Find out more about this events on page 3. sank in Germania, in the North Sea, a belief which has been the topic of I hope you enjoy reading our newsletter. scientific congresses. Within the tension field of proximity and distance to the National Socialists, Roselius tried to develop his vision of the future and With best wishes from campus, express it in this street. Uwe Bölts showed us pictures of the damage caused to the Atlantis House in World War II and explained why it has been rebuilt quite differently. Derk H. Schönfeld The subsequent get-together took place on the terrace of the Paula Moder- sohn-Becker Museum, filling the beautiful summer night with lively conver- sations. One alumna later said goodbye with the following remark: “This was Recent Update on YouTube! In June, our alumni visited the German Bundestag. You again such a wonderful event! When is the next one going to be?” can find the video on the excursion on our YouTube channel. On that channel, we also /Michael Wolf regularly introduce one of our members. This time, we will profile the Bremen alumnus and lawyer Bernhard Docke. Docke represented Bremen local Murat Kurnaz, who was imprisoned in Guantanamo, and secured his release. We hope you enjoy the video!

Visit to the DFKI

n the 20. of Septem- sor Rolf Drechsler, the alumni were Ober our alumni vise- granted insight to the research Impressions of the Böttcherstraße. © Alumni of the Universitity of Bremen e.V. ted the German Research area of Cyber-Physical Systems at Bremen Uni and DFKI. After the our Living Labs,” Drechsler said. sociable get-together with wine introduction by chairman Dr. Rein- The alumni split up into smaller and pretzels. The alumni enga- hard Ahlers, Rolf Drechsler took groups in order to visit the BAALL ged in conversation and exchan- over and gave elaborate details (Bremen Ambient Assisted Living ged their thoughts on the event. on the researchof the DFKI. Their Lab) and the world champion in ro- “It has again been very interesting, main focus lies on safety and secu- bot soccer, B-Human. The BAALL and we learned quite a bit,” one rity of intelligent software systems. is a research lab for intelligent participant said. It was remarked “We want to avoid any damage technologies and helps develop that impressive developments with in the first place. Therefore, we systems that will assist people in clear visions have been made in Center for Artificial Intelligence want to build secure systems, their home but also outside of it. the field of artificial intelligence. (DFKI). At the invitation of Profes- which are tested extensively in As usual, the event ended with a /WB NEWSLETTER | News Page 2 6 QUESTIONS FOR... n every newsletter, we ask a member six questions about his or her time in Bremen. For this issue, we interviewed Devrim Yilmaz. He was Ischolarship holder for the Deutschlandstipendium at the Uni Bremen. Today he is working for a management consultancy service. If you would also like to appear in this section, please contact the office at [email protected].

se the degree mainly for the about the concept, the campus, this is doubtlessly a major effort multitude of focus areas in Bre- the people, and all the reports, for many professors, for which men. Initially, I had applied to so that I simply had to apply at I am very thankful until today. various universities in the region once. Two days later, I received for English linguistics and com- the invitation, which came so 4. What advice would you like to give the parative/European law because spontaneously that it turned the students of the University of Bremen? I have long had a passion for entire plan for my semester upsi- I would simply recommend English, and I wanted to study de down. However, thanks to the everyone to find their own in- internationally under all circum- collaboration of my professors, it dividual path and, first and fo- stances. In the end, the focus was still possible for me to attend. remost, to enjoy it instead of on IEM (International Entre- only striving towards a goal. preneurship & Management) 3. Who or what has influen- majorly influenced my decision. ced your career the most? 5. What do you associate with The flexibility and the support of the University of Bremen? Please 2. What is your most important me- different professors, especially complete the following sentence: mory of the University of Bremen? of Prof. Dr. Marx, have definitely “The University of Bremen is…” My most important memory influenced ... a piece of home for me, did not actually take my and it has given me the chan- place at Bre- „I would simply recommend ce to reach my true poten- men University everyone to find their own individual path and, tial and achieve my goals. © Devrim Yilmaz but instead was first and foremost, to enjoy it“ 1. When did you study/work at the made possible by 6 What does Alumni of the Univer- University of Bremen, and what it. It was participa- sity of Bremen e.V. stand for in your were your reasons to study here? ting in the Babson Entre- eyes? Please complete the following Officially, I studied business ad- preneurship Program in Boston. path with my sometimes very sentence: „In my eyes, Alumni of ministration at Bremen Univer- I can very well remember how I exotic and unusual endeavors the University of Bremen e.V. is…”. sity between 2012 and 2016 but sat on my balcony with my Marke- the most. Although Bremen Uni- ... a means of staying in con- have effectively only been there ting textbook when I received an versity can be very strict at times, tact with Bremen University, for the first two years because I email from the Bremen University I always had the feeling to be networking with other alumni, continued with different study and team of the Deutschlandstipendi- given a fair scope of flexibility and and being involved with the fu- internship positions abroad from um with the call for applications. that professors had an open ear. ture successes of the institution. summer 2014 onwards. I cho- I was immediately enthusiastic In such a large degree course, /WB

Winner of the Ideas Competition CAMPUSiDEEN New StartUp Workouts n September 26, 2016, the Bremen Chamber of among them, one would hope that they all make it.” OCommerce hosted the annual award ceremony of the The winners of the category ‘business plans’ are ‘Licht Is your startup rea- CAMPUSiDEEN competition. The project is a joint initiati- durch Holz’ – woodmosphere GbR of founders Christo- dy for the market? ve of the University of Bremen, the Bremen University of pher Heyer and Joscha Schmidt. Driven by craftsman- On October 31, 2016, the Applied Sciences, and the University of Applied Sciences ship, passion for natural materials, and the fascination new BRIDGE Workout Bremerhaven as well as the Bremen Aufbau-Bank. That for individual lighting creations, woodmosphere designs series for startups will be- night, BRIDGE, the organizer of the event, awarded the best unique luminous objects. It combines natural materials gin. There are currently start-up ideas from the universities in the state of Bremen. and straightforward aesthetics with efficient LED tech- still a few openings left. For the first time, the audience was given the pos- nology as well as design procedures from yacht buil- The series of events is sibility to cast their vote to determine the winner of ding.The best business idea this year was awarded to supposed to facilitate the the audience award. The event was hosted by pre- Lukas Brandhoff, Marta di Salvo, and Benjamin Haubold development of a startup senter Christina Loock. A total of 52 contributions for their infrared spectroscopic-supported digital patho- and is addressed to those have been submitted to CAMPUSiDEEN this year. logy system ‘RedHisto’. The system provides informati- interested in setting up Member of the jury Sascha Marquardt of the advertising on on the chemical composition of tissue samples that their own company with a agency Marquardt & Marquardt was impressed with the are to be examined, which allows for a faster and more concrete business idea. creativity of the applicants: “It’s great how much potential precise diagnosis of changes in tissue. This allows for You can find further in- can be seen among the young entrepreneurs in Bremen. a simplification and a simultaneous improvement of formation and an ap- These are all truly ambitious people. Although examination methods for large hospitals in particular. plication form here. there are differences in entrepreneurship /WB NEWSLETTER | Events & Awards Page 3

Combining Sports and Art: Alumni Event at the Kunsthalle Bremen Honorary Doctorate for Bremen Alumnus

he final event of our series will take us on a tour through he University of Bremen law, Professor Lorenz Kähler, T‘Networking of, for and with the Max Liebermann exhibition Tawarded an honorary doc- added that that Masuch has alumni’ in 2016 will take pla- ‘From Leisure to Modern Sport’. torate to the former president always shown great sensitivity ce on November 29: Thanks Max Liebermann was the first of the Fe- to arrangements made by Dr. German artist who intensively deral So- Katerina Vatsella, board mem- looked at the topic of sports. The cial Court ber of our association and in- exhibition explores Liebermann’s of Germa- dependent curator, we will be view on movement and sports ny, Peter visiting the Kunsthalle Bremen. for the first time. Selected works Masuch. We will meet in the foyer of the by Edgar Degas, John Lavery, The alum- Kunsthalle at 6:15 p.m. and will Édouard Manet, and Henri de nus from be introduced to the art gallery Toulouse-Lautrec demonstrate Bremen by its executive director, Stefan his inspiration by the famous was ho- Schnier. The Bremen Art Associ- French masters. An image of the nored for ation – the private body respon- Wilhelminian upper class is con- his acade- sible for the Kunsthalle Bremen – veyed by looking at the history of mic work, was founded in 1823 by Bremen riding, tennis, and polo around his work © Harald Rehling/ University of Bremen merchants. There are more than 1900. Subsequently, our casual as a jud- 9,000 members, who – in a unique get-together will take place as ge, and his voluntary work at for the concerns of the less for- constellation – are co-owners of usual at a close-by restaurant. the Bremen city hall. Peter tunate and had been thinking the museum and its collection Important: The event is already Masuch earned his degree about the question how law Following that, Katerina Vatsella. sold out! More information here. in law from the University of can contribute to their protec- Bremen and continued as tion already during his studies. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn: a lecturer there afterwards. Masuch has, therefore, been Max Liebermann, In 2008, he became the pre- a strong advocate for the re- Reiter am Strand mit sident of the Federal Social alization and the development Foxterrier, 1911, Öl auf Court. On September 30, 2016, of the rights of people with Leinwand, 70 x 100 cm he resigned from the office. disabilities and has been an Olaf Scholz, the First Mayor active volunteer in this field. Nationalmuseum of Hamburg, was also attend Bremen State Council for Ju- Stockholm at the senate reception. In his stice and Constitution Matthi- position as Federal Minister for as Stauch – an alumnus of Labor and Social Affairs, it was the University of Bremen him- CAMPUS PRIZE for Sustainable Research he who had appointed Masuch self – also stated how proud to be the court’s president. the Senate of Bremen is the esearching sustainability is important! That is why the new ‘CAM- “Awarding an honorary doc- law department in Bremen RPUS PRIZE: Research for a Sustainable Future’ has recently torate is something special at brought forth such an outstan- been launched. The KELLNER & STOLL FOUNDATION FOR CLIMA- the University of Bremen,” says ding federal judge. He further TE AND ENVIRONMENT – a trust foundation of the foundation of the Andreas Breiter, Vice Rec- remarked that Masuch’s pro- University of Bremen –, the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecolo- tor for Research and Young fessional practice and scien- gy (ZMT), and the University of Bremen will from now on award 2,000 Academics, in his speech. tific contributions have greatly Euro annually to innovative ideas that benefit the environment. Nomi- “We are very proud that Peter contributed to the progress nations of outstanding young scientists of the University of Bremen are Masuch is an alumnus of our of social law in the interest accepted until October 31, 2016. You can find a detailed description university.” At the ceremony, of the people in Germany. and the eligibility requirements on the website www.campuspreis.de. the dean of the department of /WB

Photo Exhibition of a Different Kind © A picture of the photo exhibition. icro components as an art object: In September, the Colla- Photo: Metallografie Mborative Research Center (SFB) 747 ‘Micro Cold Forming’ BIAS of the University of Bremen opened its own photo exhibition ‘Pro- ducing micro components intelligently – impressions about con- trolled mass production’ at the House of Science. Additionally, the winning picture from the photo contest ‘Mass production of micro components’ will be presented for the first time. Those who are interested have the opportunity to see the exhibition until November 3, 2016. NEWSLETTER | Campus Story Page 4

Five Days in October

he 2016 new-student orientati- ‘How does this apply to the labor BWL-Stu- Ton at the University of Bremen market?’ and will hopefully find an gA with a officially began on October 10, answer to them sooner or later. Ho- handcart. and the university campus turned wever, we suggest they first take ® Alumni of vibrant: An extensive program was a look on the fun side of things: the Universi- carried out by the university as The further goings-on during ty of Bremen well as by student organizations. orientation! This part is individu- e.V. To complement that, the ‘unoffi- ally organized by each course of cial’ welcome of the new students study, but almost all of them of- was carried out by the different fer some of the same activities. study programs and their student For example, on the first day, a organizations (called ‘StugA’). guided campus tour which inclu- First, though, the newcomers de entertaining games, the city all started into the week with an scavenger hunt with various stops introduction by their respective across Bremen as well as a ‘Flun- department that would prepare kyball’ tournament at Osterdeich them for the upcoming week halfwaythrough the week. For a Goodie as well as their entire studies. while now, ‘Flunkyball’ has been a bags for the The new students of Communica- quite popular party game among first-years. tion and Media Studies, for exam- students, in which two teams ® Alumni of ple, were welcomed with a warm compete against each other. the University “Moin Moin, first-years” by the Stu- Yet there were also sever- of Bremen gA MAC (Media and Communica- al calmer items on the agen- e.V. tion). “Welcome to the good life!” da, such as a breakfast to- Sabine Görges-Dey from the Stu- gether, at which the first-years dent Resource Center of Depart- were given help, for example, ment 9 of the university announ- with planning their schedules. ced. She added that studying was mostly about experiences, trying Bremen by Night out different things, and in the end building one’s individual profile. On Thursday, an all-time favorite day night – paid for by the StugA Time and Again The first week was about gaining event of the first week at university MAC.Subsequently, they moved insights about why Bremen is a gre- took place, which is often joined by on to the official part of the week: Not only for the first-years but for at city for student life – and perhaps more advanced students as well: their formal welcome at the House everyone else on campus, orienta- also for the time after university. a pub crawl through the Bremen of Science, which simultaneously tion is a fun experience each year Viertel. Numerous small groups of served as a farewell of the recent – be it by profiting from free goodie Fun and Games about twenty people went bar-hop- graduates. Among those celeb- bags and popcorn as an advanced ping and enjoyed the city’s night- rating were Christoph Sodemann student as well or by remembering During their studies, our new life. For the first-year students of and Michael Wolff, members of one’s own new-student orienta- first-years will ask themselves Communication and Media Stu- our board, who came to see off the tion at the University of Bremen. questions such as ‘What are my dies, an open-air pizza party at graduates. Cool drinks were ser- We wish all newcomers the best strengths?’, ‘What do I want?’, and theBremen Roland followed on Fri ved to round off the festive night. for their start into student life! /WB .

A view new Media and Communication Students.in our glass hall. Visiting the canteen of the University of Bremen. ® Alumni of the University of Bremen e.V. ® Alumni of the University of Bremen e.V. NEWSLETTER | International Page 5

Interactive Alumni World Map for Former Researchers at the Uni Bremen

ore and more international researchers LinkedIN and Facebook and will be stored Mcome to the University of Bremen eve- in the database of the University of Bremen. ry year. Some only stay for a brief research These profiles are then available period; others stay several years. In or- to interested students, alumni and der to visualize these worldwide con- researchers across the globe. tacts, our association and the univer- You can thus get in contact direct- sity created an interactive world map, ly with the listed research alumni. financed by the Alexander von Hum- To facilitate the search, you boldt Foundation, in which former resear- can filter the information by pla- chers can enter their contact information. ce of origin or residence, instituti- The map, which can be found at www. on, research area, or department. uni-bremen.de/alumni_welcome, visua- All interested former researchers are lizes where these alumni now work and live. invited to register via the above link. Due to capacity reasons, registration is We are looking forward to staying currently not available for all alumni but only in close contact with former resear- for former researchers of the University of The profiles can be completed by ad- chers of the University of Bremen, re- Bremenand members of the ‘U Bremen Re- ding a picture, links to private and/ gardless of where in the world they search Alliance’ (More information here). or professional websites as well as to are now or will be in the future. /IO

Social and Materials Sciences from Bremen Present Themselves in New York

ntirely in line with the inter- Alliance’. Under the newly created The event is supposed to pro- also the role of corporate vs. Enationalization strategy of the umbrella of this alliance of extra- mote closer collaboration of social media as well as the in- University of Bremen and the ne- mural research institutions and both universities also formal- strumentalization of minority po- wly founded ‘U Bremen Research the University of Bremen, the re- ly. Between November 14 and licies on both sides of the Atlantic Alliance’, two quite different fields search location Bremen presents 17, 2016, ‘Booming Populism. will play an important role in it. at the university seek to expand itself internationally on conferen- On the practice and language of ‘Booming Populism’ introduces their network in the United States: ces, fairs, and special events. political polarization’ will follow, an event format that is new to With the support of the German The start is made on October 21, which combines a high-profile BIGSSS: a discussion, in which Center for Research and Innova- 2016, by materials scientists and panel discussion with a three- input is not only provided and tion (GCRI), the high-profile area production engineers (MAPEX day workshop of PhD candidates processed by the knowled- MAPEX and the scientific institu- and ISIS) who, in collaboration from BIGSSS, Columbia Univer- geable panel, but also and tion ISIS as well as the Bremen with representatives of the Tandon sity’s School of Journalism, and especially by young scientists. International Graduate School School of Engineering at New York the ZEIT-Stiftung foundation. In collaboration with col- of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) or- University, will look at the poten- Its focus is the interdisciplinary leagues from New York and ganize workshops and a panel tial of generative production pro- treatment of populist policy stra- Hamburg, three PhD students discussion in New York in Octo- cesses. The event was initiated by tegies in the EU and the USA, from Bremen develop que- ber and November 2016, respec- Dr.-Ing. Dirk Lehmhus and, under as they could increasingly be ob- stions and hypotheses with tively, to further establish ties with the title ‘Additive Manufacturing: served in the upheavals of the which to confront the audience. the local research landscape. New Horizons in Research and spectrum of European political The interdisciplinary nature and Both events are components of Industry’, combines talks from the parties, before the Brexit vote, and the wide scope of practice and the- the international research marke- Bremen and New York areas with during the current US elections. ory promise deep insights as well ting for the ‘U Bremen Research a panel discussion on the topic. Polarizing representations but as changes in perspective. /IO

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